In the upcoming period between 2014 and 2017 ESE shall be working to achieve the following specific goals: extension of the monitoring of programmes for preventive health care from the current two to five programmes; extension of the monitoring of the HIF budget; increase transparency of public institutions by monitoring public data related to the budget; training representatives of civil organisations to apply methodologies of budget monitoring and analysis and community monitoring, to later establish a critical group of civil organisations to work on transparency and accountability of public institutions by applying such methodologies; strengthen the capacities of Roma civil organisations and the Roma community to actively require accountability from public institutions and involvement in the decision making process and reporting in the framework of the Universal Periodical Review before the UN Human Rights Council with regards to implementation of health rights in our country.

Women's health is a state of emotional, social, cultural, mental and physical welfare of women, which is determined by their social and economic status as well as their biological features. Women have a right to enjoy the highest available standards of physical and mental health. Enjoying this right is vital for their lives and welfare, as well as for their opportunity to participate at all levels of public and private life. We undertake the following activities in this area: monitoring and analysis of the programme for early detection of malignant diseases and providing assistance and support to vulnerable categories of women.

The Roma are a marginalised group viewed in many aspects of public and social living, including access to and quality of health services. The situation of the Roma in Macedonia includes high poverty rate, unemployment, marginalised and poor neighbourhoods, substandard infrastructure, low health status, low education level and inappropriate representation in the political and public sphere. We undertake the following activities in this area: monitoring and analysis of the programme of active health care for mothers and children, community monitoring and basic research of the health status and health rights of Roma in Macedonia.

Health is a basic human right essential for enjoying other human rights. Each human being has a right to a highest degree of health standards that contribute to dignified life. We undertake the following activities in this area: human rights in health care and provision of paralegal aid to roma in the municipalities of Delcevo and Shuto Orizari.

Transparency – openness in the procedure of planning, creating and implementing state policies, particularly transparency regarding planning and implementing public finance, is a key to good governance. The budget is one of the most significant documents, as a linkage of all current government policies implemented through it. Budget transparency has been defined as timely and systematic disclosure of all relevant fiscal information.

The concept of equal opportunities of men and women is still a problematic issue taking into account the fact that equality of women has traditionally been understood as a “right of the women to be equal to man”. Global data show still existing inequality of distribution in resources, rights and power between men and women. We undertake the following activities in this area: monitoring and protection of women's human rights, sexual harassment and mobbing, providing assistance and support of women victims of domestic violence.

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